[PRCo] Re: Spur (Charleroi slate dump)

[ROBERT R ROCKWELL]

The enormous pile of red dog east of the Charleroi carbarns was locally called the "slate dump". It was continuously burning the slate into red dog. Many roads in the area were "paved" with red dog, illegal now.
I do not know the status of this dump now.

Robert Rockwell
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  From: Edward H. Lybarger<mailto:trams2 at comcast.net> 
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  Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 10:36 AM
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Spur


  The other word that is loosely used in Western PA is "slate."  It represents
  the thrown-away immediate under-or overburden adjacent to the coal seam.
  Some of us tossed this around at the museum yesterday afternoon, and we
  think this was the most likely product being delivered to PRCo for ballast
  purposes.  We think there was a conveyor across the highway, with a
  substantial gradient to the west-southwest.

  "Slate" is hard enough to be used as ballast dressing, and has the added
  advantage of being acidic, thereby killing most weeds before the start.

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